New Orleans class starship

A New Orleans class starship

In the Star Trek fictional universe, the New Orleans class is a rarely seen starship class used by Starfleet, the military and exploration arm of the United Federation of Planets.
The New Orleans class' design mostly follows traditional Starfleet starship design, with a saucer-shaped primary hull attached to a roughly cylindrical engineering section by a short, thick neck and with two warp engines attached to the dorsal side of the secondary hull by long, backwardangled, upwardcurving pylons. The most unusual features of ships of this class are the three forwardfacing pods, two mounted on top of the saucer and the other connected to the ventral engineering hull by a short pylon. The pods are possibly weapons and or enhanced sensor pods.
In real life, Ed Miarecki built the first New Orleans class ship, the USS Kyushu, for the Battle of Wolf 359 graveyard scene in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "The Best of Both Worlds". The model was based on existing parts from a model of the Galaxy class starship, thus explaining its strong resemblance to that class, with minor additions and customized parts. The class was in real life named for the railroad and the song City of New Orleans; as a result, some fans mistakenly believed that the lead ship was named "USS City of New Orleans."

Known New Orleans class starships

*USS Kyushu (NCC-65491)
**Named for the Japanese island of Kyushu, the starship Kyushu is destroyed by the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2366.
*USS New Orleans (Registry unknown)
**Named for the city of New Orleans, the starship New Orleans was the pathfinder of its class. Its existence is conjecture based on the apparent Starfleet practice of naming a class after the first starship of the line.
*USS Renegade (NCC-63102)
**Commanded by Captain Tryla Scott, the starship Renegade meets with the Enterprise-D at Dytallix B in 2364 when alien agents attempt to take over Starfleet Command. (TNG: "Conspiracy")
*USS Rutledge (NCC-57295)
**Named for Edward Rutledge, the starship Rutledge was commanded by Captain Benjamin Maxwell during the Cardassian War and a former posting of Miles O'Brien's (TNG: "The Wounded"). In 2373, the Rutledge joined the starship Tecumseh in a counterattack against Klingon forces in the Archanis sector (DS9: "...Nor the Battle to the Strong").
*USS Thomas Paine (NCC-65530)
**Named for Thomas Paine, the starship Thomas Paine is commanded by Captain Rixx and meets the Enterprise-D at Dytallix B in 2364 when alien agents attempt to take over Starfleet Command (TNG: "Conspiracy"). Circa stardate 46357.4 in 2368, the Thomas Paine was assigned to a diplomatic mission. The Thomas Paine was also part of the Romulan tachyon blockade during the 2368 Klingon Civil War (TNG: "Redemption, Part II").

External links

*"New Orleans class" at LCARScom.Net
*"New Orleans class" at the Neutral Zone Starship Database